On this page you will find the current job openings within ASTRON. When you have questions with regard to one of these positions, feel free to contact the HR-department.

We offer also the possibility to send an open application. When you feel, based on the information on our website, that you can contribute to the growth and development of our institute, we would like to invite you to send a motivating application letter including a resume to personnel [at] astron [dot] nl.

Job openings at ASTRON

Job openings at DOME

The ASTRON & IBM Center for Exascale Technology is a research centre, located in Dwingeloo, Drenthe on the Campus of ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. At this centre ASTRON and IBM jointly carry out fundamental research into computing technologies needed to develop the SKA radio telescope in the second half of this decade and the first half of the next decade. The collaboration is funded through the DOME project and focuses on three main areas:
- Green Computing (extreme performance at minor energy costs)
- Nano-photonics (data transport power reduction over short and long distances)
- Data & Streaming (real time processing of massive data amounts)

This project offers exciting opportunities for innovative research in radio astronomy instrumentation, computer science and signal processing.

At the moment we have the following positions open at the ASTRON headquarters in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands:

 

Date	Job opening	Closing date
15-11-2012	Pre-doctoral researcher 1 (ref.nr. 2012-09-026)	open
15-11-2012	Pre-doctoral researcher 2 (ref.nr. 2012-09-029)	open
15-11-2012	Photonic technology R&D engineer (ref.nr. 2012-09-028)	open

Job openings at SKA organisation: http://www.skatelescope.org/people-contacts/jobs/

Contact information job openings / inquiries and open applications:

Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) 
HR-department

Telephone: 00-31 (0)521-595100
Fax: 00-31 (0)521-595101
e-mail: personnel [at] astron [dot] nl